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Seventy-five years ago, representatives of the dying Japanese Empire signed surrender documents in Tokyo Bay, officially ending World War II. On September 2, 1945, representatives of the Empire of Japan and ten Allied nations assembled on board the USS Missouri. During the ceremony, part of the U.S. First Cavalry Division was preparing to enter Tokyo. Roughly 1.5 million American soldiers …

Four South Korean civilians died after an SUV collided with an armored car near the Rodriguez Live Fire Complex. The wreck, which happened near Pocheon, prompted the U.S. Eighth Army to “temporarily suspend training in the area,” per a statement. According to investigators, an SUV carrying four people in their 50s rear-ended an armored vehicle. Investigators believe that one driver …

As further evidence of the mounting Islamic militant activity in Mozambique, the government recently announced that Dyck Advisory Group contractors, who were slated to stand down in July, would remain in-country through at least the end of 2020. DAG has lost two aircraft during operations in the country. Additionally, DAG helicopter gunships supposedly fired on civilians during a recent operation. …

From 2008 to 2019, the Pentagon spent over $1 trillion on private military contractors. None of this money was part of the “official” accounting figures, according to a recent report. Brown University researchers dubbed this hidden spending the “camo economy.” Many agreements with private military contractors are “non-competitive.” The government picked a specific contractor and negotiated the terms only with …

Over a dozen embassy security guards from Nepal are infected with coronavirus, causing some panic among embassy workers. Contractors in Afghanistan are not new. In 2015, there were four times as many contractors in Afghanistan as regular servicemembers. Many of these individuals are Nepalese Gurkhas, whose ancestors fought alongside British and Indian forces in World War II as well as …